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The dial is with fancy script Arabic numbers and outer red 5 increments. The case is signed 'Hamilton watch company' and the case serial number is. Howard Watch Company name was purchased by the Keystone Watch Case Company in 1902 who continued to sell watches through 1930 represented by the serial numbers below. 1902 - 850,000 1903 - 900,000.
14kt Gold Rockford Hunter-case Watch
- Auction:
- 3300T
- Auction:
- Discovery - Oct 16, 2019
- Lot:
- 1034
- Sold for:
- $1,599$1,300
14kt Gold Rockford Hunter-case Watch, no. 187248, roman numeral dial marked 'Rockford Watch Co. Illinois,' with blued-steel hands and sunk seconds, damascened decorated movement marked with maker's More ...
Six American and Three Swiss Watches
- Auction:
- 3300T
- Auction:
- Discovery - Oct 16, 2019
- Lot:
- 1060
- Sold for:
- $308$250
Six American and Three Swiss Watches, a Corona Watch Co. no. 0590 in a silveroid case; two Hampden watches, one in a gold-filled hunter case with watch paper; Hamilton Watch Co. 17-jewel no. 604700; More ...
Two Illinois Watch Co. Sixty-hour 'Bunn Special' Watches
- Auction:
- 3295M
- Auction:
- Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - Oct 11, 2019
- Lot:
- 48
- Sold for:
- $523$425
Two Illinois Watch Co. Sixty-hour 'Bunn Special' Watches, arabic numeral porcelain dials with sunk center and seconds, blued-steel hands, 21-jewel damascened stem-wind, lever-set movements, More ...
Three Illinois Watch Co. Watches
- Auction:
- 3295M
- Auction:
- Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - Oct 11, 2019
- Lot:
- 63
- Sold for:
- $1,476$1,200
Three Illinois Watch Co. Watches, an engraved open-face 12 size 14kt white gold 21-jewel 'Central' with two-tone dial, stem-wind, stem-set damascened movement marked '21 Jewels/Double Roller/Adj. 3 More ...
Two Illinois Watch Co. Sixty-hour 'Bunn Special' Watches
- Auction:
- 3295M
- Auction:
- Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - Oct 11, 2019
- Lot:
- 79
- Sold for:
- $431$350
Two Illinois Watch Co. Sixty-hour 'Bunn Special' Watches, both with arabic numeral porcelain dial with sunk center and seconds, blued-steel hands, 21-jewel, damascened, stem-wind, lever-set More ...
Two Illinois Watch Co. 'Santa Fe Special' Open-face Watches
- Auction:
- 3295M
- Auction:
- Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - Oct 11, 2019
- Lot:
- 80
- Sold for:
- $431$350
Two Illinois Watch Co. 'Santa Fe Special' Open-face Watches, both with fancy arabic numeral dial with outer minute track, sunk center and seconds, and marked 'Santa Fe Special/Illinois,' 21-jewel, More ...
Illinois Semi-box Open-face 'Bunn Special' Watch
- Auction:
- 3295M
- Auction:
- Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - Oct 11, 2019
- Lot:
- 83
- Sold for:
- $492$400
Illinois Semi-box Open-face 'Bunn Special' Watch, fully engraved case depicting a horse on the case back, double-sunk arabic numeral dial with red minute track, and reading in script 'Illinois Watch More ...
Three Illinois Watch Co. Open-face Watches
- Auction:
- 3230M
- Auction:
- Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - Apr 12, 2019
- Lot:
- 26
- Sold for:
- $615$500
Three Illinois Watch Co. Open-face Watches, 18 size 21-jewel 'A. Lincoln' with sunk center arabic numeral dial, serial no. 2117629, a 16 size 23-jewel 'Sangamo Special,' serial no. 3353143, and a 16 More ...
Four American Gold Watches
- Auction:
- 3230M
- Auction:
- Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - Apr 12, 2019
- Lot:
- 28A
- Sold for:
- $1,476$1,200
Four American Gold Watches, 14kt gold open-face 17-jewel E. Howard & Co. no. 1138062; a 14kt gold open-face 15-jewel Elgin no. 19868645; a 14kt gold fully decorated hunter-case Elgin; and a 14kt More ...
Illinois 'Bunn Special' Open-face Watch
- Auction:
- 3230M
- Auction:
- Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - Apr 12, 2019
- Lot:
- 34
- Sold for:
- $584$475
Illinois 'Bunn Special' Open-face Watch, serial no. 1524665, arabic numeral sunk-center and seconds dial, blued-steel hands and marked 'Illinois Watch Co.,' stem-wind, lever-set, 24-jewel movement, More ...
Illinois Watch Co. Sixty-hour Bunn Special
- Auction:
- 3230M
- Auction:
- Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - Apr 12, 2019
- Lot:
- 42
- Sold for:
- $584$475
Illinois Watch Co. Sixty-hour Bunn Special, serial no. 5421059, white arabic numeral dial marked '23 Jewel/60 Hour,' blued-steel hands, damascened plates marked in part 'Sixty-hour/Motor Barrel/23 More ...
Longines and Wittnauer Manual-wind Wristwatches
- Auction:
- 3230M
- Auction:
- Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - Apr 12, 2019
- Lot:
- 63
- Sold for:
- $246$200
Longines and Wittnauer Manual-wind Wristwatches, c. 1920 Longines sterling silver trench watch with silvered dial, luminous cathedral hands, and arabic numerals, onion crown, 7-jewel manual-wind More ...
Hamilton Watch Co. and Illinois Watch Co. Wristwatch Movements
- Auction:
- 3230M
- Auction:
- Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - Apr 12, 2019
- Lot:
- 115
- Sold for:
- $3,998$3,250
Hamilton Watch Co. and Illinois Watch Co. Wristwatch Movements, from the John F. Gelson archives. More ...
Twelve 16 and 18 Size Illinois Watch Movements and Dials
- Auction:
- 3205T
- Auction:
- Discovery - Feb 13, 2019
- Lot:
- 1427
- Sold for:
- $677$550
Twelve 16 and 18 Size Illinois Watch Movements and Dials, two 'Bunn' model '2' lever-set movements and dials, two model '4' 18 size pendant-set movements, a key-wind movement and dial marked on More ...
Five American Watches
- Auction:
- 3147M
- Auction:
- Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - Oct 05, 2018
- Lot:
- 36
- Sold for:
- $1,107$900
Five American Watches, Hamilton open-face 992B with double-sunk porcelain dial reading 'Hamilton Railway Special,' Hamilton open-face '936' 18 size watch retailed by 'F.G. Thearle Jr. & More ...
Nine Hamilton Watches and Watch Movements
- Auction:
- 3147M
- Auction:
- Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - Oct 05, 2018
- Lot:
- 52
- Sold for:
- $6,150$5,000
Nine Hamilton Watches and Watch Movements, three 18 size watches, one in an Illinois Watch Co. exhibition case and plates marked '17 Jewels/Adjusted/2,' a 17-jewel 'Hayden W. Wheeler,' serial no. More ...
Seven American Watch Movements and Dials
- Auction:
- 3147M
- Auction:
- Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - Oct 05, 2018
- Lot:
- 54
- Sold for:
- $185$150
Seven American Watch Movements and Dials, a '936' Hamilton 17-jewel movement with serial number 128492; a 16 size 'Burlington Watch Co.' 21-jewel, double roller movement with serial number 5269027; More ...
Hamilton Watch Co. and Elgin Watch Co. Model Samples
- Auction:
- 3147M
- Auction:
- Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - Oct 05, 2018
- Lot:
- 57
- Sold for:
- $677$550
Hamilton Watch Co. and Elgin Watch Co. Model Samples, an average indicator marked 'Hamilton Model 24A/Sample 63/Sextant Indicator' with original box marked in part 'Made in Model Room Order #379 More ...
Two Hamilton Watch Co. 'Loaner' Watches
- Auction:
- 3093M
- Auction:
- Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - Apr 20, 2018
- Lot:
- 14
- Sold for:
- $154$125
Two Hamilton Watch Co. 'Loaner' Watches, 16 size watch with Montgomery dial, 17-jewel movement, and marked no. 823561; and a size 12 'Illinois' watch with 17-jewel double roller movement, no. More ...
'Sixty-hour Bunn Special' Movement and Dial
- Auction:
- 3093M
- Auction:
- Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - Apr 20, 2018
- Lot:
- 22
- Sold for:
- $400$325
'Sixty-hour Bunn Special' Movement and Dial, Springfield, Illinois, damascened plates marked 'Sixty Hour Bunn Special/Illinois Watch Co. Springfield/Motor Barrel/21 Jewel/5166365,' with double sunk More ...
Hamilton '2974B' Movement and Dial and a Grade '400' Movement
- Auction:
- 3093M
- Auction:
- Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - Apr 20, 2018
- Lot:
- 23
- Sold for:
- $2,091$1,700
Hamilton '2974B' Movement and Dial and a Grade '400' Movement, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 2974B with damascened plates marked '2974B/17 Jewel/Adj Temp and 6 Positions,' no serial number; the arabic More ...
Illinois Open-face Twenty-four-hour Dial 'Miller' Watch
- Auction:
- 3093M
- Auction:
- Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - Apr 20, 2018
- Lot:
- 24
- Sold for:
- $1,169$950
Illinois Open-face Twenty-four-hour Dial 'Miller' Watch, Springfield, Illinois, arabic numeral twenty-four-hour porcelain dial, sunk seconds, and blued-steel hands, marked 'Illinois Watch Co.,' rear More ...
Hamilton 'Jump Hour' Wristwatch and an Illinois 'Jump Hour' Wristwatch Case
- Auction:
- 3093M
- Auction:
- Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - Apr 20, 2018
- Lot:
- 31
- Sold for:
- $2,706$2,200
Hamilton 'Jump Hour' Wristwatch and an Illinois 'Jump Hour' Wristwatch Case, with silvered hours and minutes on rotating discs, plates marked 'Hamilton Watch Co./987F/17Jewels,' case marked More ...
National Watch Co. 'H.L. Culver' 18kt Gold Hunter Case Watch
- Auction:
- 3093M
- Auction:
- Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - Apr 20, 2018
- Lot:
- 43
- Sold for:
- $1,722$1,400
National Watch Co. 'H.L. Culver' 18kt Gold Hunter Case Watch, Elgin, Illinois, no. 172985, enamel roman numeral dial marked 'National Watch Co.,' key-wind, key-set movement marked 'H.L. Culver, More ...
Illinois Watch Co. 14kt Gold Hunter-case Watch
- Auction:
- 3064T
- Auction:
- Discovery - Jan 11, 2018
- Lot:
- 1234
- Sold for:
- $738$600
Illinois Watch Co. 14kt Gold Hunter-case Watch, the engraved case opening to a dial with arabic numeral indicators, a subsidiary dial, and manual-wind movement, dia. 48.00 mm, total with movement More ...
Hamilton 992 60-hour Movement
- Auction:
- 3035M
- Auction:
- Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - Oct 27, 2017
- Lot:
- 31
- Sold for:
- $1,722$1,400
Hamilton 992 60-hour Movement, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, No 2557005, plain nickel movement with gold center wheel, rear plate marked 'Hamilton Watch Co./Lancaster, Pa/21 Jewels/992/60-Hour/Double More ...
Skeletonized Illinois Open-face Watch
- Auction:
- 3035M
- Auction:
- Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - Oct 27, 2017
- Lot:
- 61
- Sold for:
- $2,706$2,200
Skeletonized Illinois Open-face Watch, Springfield, Illinois, no serial number, with white enamel double sunk arabic numeral dial marked 'Illinois Watch Co.,' damascened nickel movement marked More ...
Illinois Springfield Watch Company No. 1 Open-face Watch
- Auction:
- 3035M
- Auction:
- Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - Oct 27, 2017
- Lot:
- 91
- Sold for:
- $40,590$33,000
Illinois Springfield Watch Company No. 1 Open-face Watch, Springfield, Illinois, 1871, enamel roman numeral dial marked 'Illinois Springfield Watch Co.,' sunk seconds, and blued-steel hands, More ...
Elgin '349' Deck Watch
- Auction:
- 3035M
- Auction:
- Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - Oct 27, 2017
- Lot:
- 92
- Sold for:
- $738$600
Elgin '349' Deck Watch, Elgin, Illinois, c. 1908, no. 13255133, 2 1/8-in. silvered dial marked 'Elgin National Watch Co.' with subsidiary seconds dial below, 21-jewel damascened nickel movement More ...
Illinois Open-face Watch
- Auction:
- 3013T
- Auction:
- Discovery - Jul 13, 2017
- Lot:
- 1136
- Sold for:
- $98$80
Illinois Open-face Watch, Springfield, Illinois, double sunk enamel dial marked 'Illinois,' stem-wind, stem-set, 15-jewel movement in a case marked 'E.N.W. CO.' More ...